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Research Interests:We take a human-centered approach to optimization of in the design of a human-centered controller for teleoperated robot assisted minimally invasive surgery (RAMIS) by incorporating theories of human motor control and psychophysics. We suggest that RAMIS systems should enable the surgeons to maintain their perception of the environment’s physical and mechanical properties and their actions using surgical tools, as if the tools were actually their own hands interacting with the environment and performing the surgical procedure. Our main research hypothesis is that a human centered approach for RAMIS systems control and design that will optimize perceptual and motor transparency will lead to improved surgical performance and training, and eventually lead to better clinical outcomes in RAMIS.Project:Human-centered teleoperation control for robot-assisted surgeryLab responsibility: Lab manager

Project: The effect of delay on integration of kinesthetic and tactile information for perception and for grip force modulation during interaction with elastic force fields​Lab responsibility: Outreach and visits coordinator

Liran Hadad, BSc Student, Mechanical Engineering, 2017-2018Project: Measurement and modeling of tissue forces in contact with a robotic arm.​Currently: Research and Development Engineer, military industry